A Paratrooper in a Pear Tree — Jianne Carlo

Destiny Driven hasn't used her real name in forever. It doesn't exactly inspire professional confidence if you sound like a stripper. When she's ordered to "sex up" former bestselling author Angel Robinson's latest manuscript, armed with whips, cuffs, "classic" (who knew?) porn DVDs, that hits a little close to home. So Destiny heads to a remote cabin in Healey, Alaska.

Deployed to fight an inferno, Master Parachutist Lincoln Chapman veers off course, his chute fails, and his reserve opens at the 10,000 mark. The paratrooper lands in the pear tree adjacent to Destiny's cabin.

The man's massive and unconscious. The cabin's cold and isolated, and Destiny's no girl scout. Then Linc wakes to Destiny's Madonna features, stripper body, sex toys, and 70's porn DVDs. Just as they're trying to leave, electricity fizzles. There's only one way to stay warm. Luckily they have all the supplies they need.